The Bird Flu
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Prepare Your Family For The Bird Flu Epidemic
H5N1 Avian Flu: Infection Period - 1997 to 2006
- Avoid Handling Birds
- Avoid Eating Birds
- Avoid The Sick
- Cover Coughs
- Cover Sneezes
- Seek A Doctor Quickly
Bird Flu Carriers
Bird Flu Carriers
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Known H5N1 Bird Flu Carriers - Tested Positive For H5N1
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Bar Headed Goose
China, Thailand, UK, India,
Mongolia Romania
Black-headed Gull
Hong Kong
Black-winged Stilt
Russia
Brown Headed Gull
China, Thailand, UK, India
Buzzard
Russia
Coot
Russia
Crow
Singapore, Japn, Korea, Russia,
Crane
China
Duck
Cambodia, China, Canada,
Russia, France, Spain, Bulgaria,
Egret
Hong Kong
Flamingo
Kuwait
Garganey
Russia
Known Bird Flu Carriers - Domesticated Animals
Chicken
Chickens have tested positive in the following countries: Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, South Korea, Malasia, Phillippines, Japan, Romania, Indonesia, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Macedonia, Singapore, India
Turkeys
Turkeys have died of H5N1in China, and North Carolina, USA turkeys have been reported infected, December 2005.
Pigs
Pigs on a farms in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam tested positive for H5N1.
Cats
A Dutch scientific team exposed six cats to H5N1 Avian Flu. All six developed severe lung disease and passed the disease onto two additional cats kept in close quarters. Two dead pet cats in Thailand tested positive as well. A dead H5N1 positive cat was found in Germany in February 2006 and several H5N1 positive dead cats were found in Austria in March 2006
Stone Marten
A stone marten was found sick and dying in Germany. The mammal was killed, and tested positive for H5N1 Avian Bird Flu in March 2006
Bird Flu Human to Human Cases - January 9, 2006
A case in Thailand indicated the probable transmission of the virus from a girl who had the disease to her mother, who also died. The girl's aunt, who was also infected, survived the virus. As reported in National Geographic. The article says, ". . . Hung probably got infected while caring for his brother in his final days.
H5N1 is also thought to have jumped from a girl dying of avian flu in Thailand to her mother and aunt, who nursed her. Several other cases of human-to-human transmission are suspected. But one step beyond the initial victim is all the virus seems to have managed". Read the entire article here
Great Black-Headed Gull
China
Great Cormorant
China
Green Sandpiper
Russia
Heron
Romania
Large Cormorant
China, Thailand, UK, India
Laughing Gull
Russia
Little Grebe
Russia
Little Tern
Russia
Magpie
Japan, Korea
Mallard Sparrow Hawk
Russia
Mountain Hawk-eagles
Thailand
Mynah
Singapore
Munias
Cambodia
Northern Stover
Russia
Oyster Catcher
Russia
Parrot
United Kingdom
Phalatrope
Russia
Pied Wagtail
Russia
Pigeon
Singapore, Russia, Canada
Rook
Russia
Ruddy Shelduck
China
Sandpiper
Russia
Seagull
Finland
Sparrow
Cambodia
Starling
Russia
Swallow
Cambodia
Swan
Mongolia, Romania, Croatia,
Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Iran, France
Teal
Russia
Turtle Dove
Russia
Warblers
Cambodia
White headed Plover
Russia
Other Carriers
In China, a boy died of bird flu after swimming in a river where dead chickens were discarded.
